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Please don't say funky.

toadphoney  said about 1 year ago  or at  11:56AM on Tuesday, August 31 2010 in chat

Even if you're talking about funky music. Darren asked me to start this thread.


josejones  said about 1 year ago:

what about ''phat'' as in ''the cat empire's phat beats''?


unvisible  said about 1 year ago:

But you just said it.


k2  said about 1 year ago:

What about if you are using it as a dress code for your 21st?

Dress: Funky


shaun  said about 1 year ago:

toadphoney, your avatar disgusts me.


toadphoney  said about 1 year ago:

I know I said it, but I won't again. Now stop that.

k2 said 5 seconds ago: What about if you are using it as a dress code for your 21st?
Dress: F#nky

You Can't.


__v  said about 1 year ago:

i have always found ''trendy'' a difficult one


toadphoney  said about 1 year ago:

shaun said 1 minute ago:toadphoney, your avatar disgusts me.

Don't you like basketball?


kittymunroe  said about 1 year ago:

Funky is basically the worst word ever invented.

Living in Newtown and talking to people outside of the area means I have to hear it a lot, and I'm ready to punch someone in the face.


Arthurly  said about 1 year ago:

please don't ever say

''Blue Juice, Australia's funkiest crew, dropping dope beats and phat bassline grooves at a venue near you''.


tangy_zizzle  said about 1 year ago:

haha, wankers.


k2  said about 1 year ago:

Also can we remove the word panties from the English language.


tinyman  said about 1 year ago:

what about ''that cheese in the fridge smells kinda funky''?


Actionralf  said about 1 year ago:

Watch out, Pond_Repellent might say something about funky Hipsters...


Goal attack  said about 1 year ago:

Trying to do my own thing
Is very hard to do
Creating style is my thing
Being funky through and through
I've come up with something
That's pretty fly and new
So move your butt on up here
So you can do it too
Move it to the left
And then you move it to the right
I wanna see your body move
I think you've got it right
Do the funky junky
Let's do the funky junky
Do that funky junky baby
Do the funky junky
Every time I get the urge
You'll see my body move
I wanna do the junky
I can't resist the groove
People always see me
And laugh with full content
But then I see them doin' it
they sure ain't heaven sent
I try to show them 'funky'
So that they will understand
They quickly pick it up and move
I think they've got the hang
Do the funky junky
Let's do the funky junky
Do that funky junky baby
Do the funky junky
Bring it down
The PA system throwing vocals
Smooth to hype the funk track
With the LW swing 'n prime riffs
That keep the floor packed an' jumpin'
To a beat that's made for pumpin'
Word, it's a dope track Jack
So let 'em tell you something
About this funky junky Mack
Front 'n the tip of my bozack
With crazy juice
Like Mother Goose were cutting loose
An' here's the pure facts so step back
The beat is straight of funky
A new set that's good to go we got you hooked
Just like a junky
I wanna see your body
I think you oughta show me
I wanna see you move that body baby
From side to side
I think you oughta show me
I am the man to do it
I wanna see you do that funky junky
Then I'll make you mine
Move it to your left
The move it to your right
I wanna see your body move
I think you've got it right
Do the funky junky
Let's do the funky junky
Do that funky junky baby
Do the funky junky


__v  said about 1 year ago:

when i worked in pyrmont there was a cafe on harris st called funkychef.com which is obviously the worst name for anything ever and the work of unbelievable cunts


dnzr  said about 1 year ago:

we use it as yardstick for potential housemates when interviewing them.

''ooooh i love the area, it's so funky and a little bit grungey''


toadphoney  said about 1 year ago:

funk·y 2 (fngk)
adj. funk·i·er, funk·i·est
1.
a. Having a moldy or musty smell: funky cheese; funky cellars.
b. Having a strong, offensive, unwashed odor.
2. Music
a. Of or relating to music that has an earthy quality reminiscent of the blues.
b. Combining elements of jazz, blues, and soul and characterized by syncopated rhythm and a heavy, repetitive bass line.
3. Slang Earthy and uncomplicated; natural: ''At the opposite end of Dallas's culinary spectrum is funky regional fare'' (Jacqueline Friedrich).
4. Slang
a. Characterized by originality and modishness; unconventional: ''a bizarre, funky [hotel ] dressed up as a ship, with mock portholes and mirrored ceilings over the beds'' (Ann Louise Bardach).
b. Outlandishly vulgar or eccentric in a humorous or tongue-in-cheek manner; campy: ''funky caricatures of sexpot glamour'' (Pauline Kael).


VoxFuzz  said about 1 year ago:

''Funkeh''.

''What, is she black now?''

Important thread!


MissAustralia2003  said about 1 year ago:

i LOVE this song - it's funky


toadphoney  said about 1 year ago:

Word History: When asked which words in the English language are the most difficult to define precisely, a lexicographer would surely mention funky. Linguist Geneva Smitherman has tried to capture the meaning of this word in Talkin and Testifyin: The Language of Black America, where she explains that funky means ''[related to] the blue notes or blue mood created in jazz, blues, and soul music generally, down-to-earth soulfully expressed sounds; by extension [related to] the real nitty-gritty or fundamental essence of life, soul to the max.'' The first recorded use of funky is in 1784 in a reference to musty, old, moldy cheese. Funky then developed the sense ''smelling strong or bad'' and could be used to describe body odor. The application of funky to jazz was explained in 1959 by one F. Newton in Jazz Scene: ''Critics are on the search for something a little more like the old, original, passion-laden blues: the trade-name which has been suggested for it is 'funky' (literally: 'smelly,' i.e. symbolizing the return from the upper atmosphere to the physical, down-to-earth reality).''


JJ  said about 1 year ago:

''funkify'' is the worst. especially when discussing design..
''cant you just...funkify it a bit?''


shaun  said about 1 year ago:

I really want to get a job in an office with a funky atmosphere.


FrankieTeardrop  said about 1 year ago:


shaun  said about 1 year ago:

...as long as it's results focused as well.


max bulk  said about 1 year ago:

Lordevilegg said about 3 years ago:

I’m a Red Hot Chili Pepper!
Call me Dredd Scott Willy Schlepper!
How ‘bout gred plot zilly fleffer?

Kiss it now!

Bling a ling a dingding yow!

Gimme that fork! Eat some pork!
Groucho Harpo Zeppo Chico
Fiji Guam Puerto Rico

Suck my feet!

Wocka wocka robble robble
Watchutalkinbout, Willis?

I know why the caged bird will whistle
Poopsie floopsie this steak is just gristle!

Zibba zabba jibba jabba
How now brown cow
Zei gezunt

My lyrics make no sense
But I sing songs in pluperfect tense
Look at all my participles dangling
I knew a Chinagirl named Ang Ling

Aeroplane roller coaster
By the way I broke your toaster

Rhododendron!
Tippi Hedren!

Plop plop
Fizz fizz
Gnip Gnop
Gee whiz!

New Hampshurbation!

Flapjacks hot cakes Slip ‘n’ Slide
Inky Blinky Pinky Clyde

Heidi Klum’s got a great body
When I’m thirsty I drink a hot toddy

Zigga doodoo jam!

I need more smack.


k2  said about 1 year ago:

What about when singing songs by De La Soul? Should I omit the offensive word?


jbarker  said about 1 year ago:

Funky vinyls. That combination is fucked.


__v  said about 1 year ago:

yes


FrankieTeardrop  said about 1 year ago:

But it's fun to dress in funky threads. You guys are such haters...


SallySimpson  said about 1 year ago:

What if you're requesting someone take you down to Funky Town? Is that permitted?


Arthurly  said about 1 year ago:

panties can stay


Haff  said about 1 year ago:

How are we supposed to discuss Marky Mark and his Funky Bunch then?


buttonselgringo  said about 1 year ago:

Never go full funky.


k2  said about 1 year ago:

that picture makes me want to stab repeatedly.


tugboat  said about 1 year ago:

tinyman  said about 1 year ago:

that sounds rude and saucy.


PooPeeTaste  said about 1 year ago:

kittymunroe said 44 minutes ago:
Funky is basically the worst word ever invented.
Living in Newtown and talking to people outside of the area means I have to hear it a lot, and I'm ready to punch someone in the face.

Newtown people are so much better then everyone else. Cunt.



Lozenge  said about 1 year ago:

i just took a black marker pen to the spines of my 25 volumes of Funk & Wagnalls encyclopedia and omitted the word funk.


flukazoid  said about 1 year ago:

I'm going to call shenanigans on Darren being behind this. He used the word in a story himself!


TopherPlus  said about 1 year ago:

Funky is such a great negative though. Used in the way tinyman suggested.


JRB  said about 1 year ago:

the power of 666  said about 1 year ago:

I miss my Funky hate thread.


tugboat  said about 1 year ago:

funky funky!


tugboat  said about 1 year ago:

wicked awesome funky


juicenewton*  said about 1 year ago:

Funky is an awesome word when used in it's orginal context eg:

a. Having a moldy or musty smell: funky cheese; funky cellars.

b. Having a strong, offensive, unwashed odor.

c.


Outraged  said about 1 year ago:


toadphoney  said about 4 months ago:

A timely reminder


tugboat  said about 4 months ago:

tugboat  said about 4 months ago:

0:46


goldfoot  said about 4 months ago:

The suburb I live in now has three cafes with the word 'funky' in their name. I'm hoping the trend spills over to other businesses in the area and we end up with the Funky Raine&Horne, the funky Commonwealth Bank and the Funky Mitre 10.


toadphoney  said about 4 months ago:

Funky Hungry Jacks.


funtimes  said about 4 months ago:

Funky junkie


Actionralf  said about 4 months ago:

What about that place called ''funky Curry'' on Bourke Street? YOU KNOW THAT SHITS GOTA BE GOOD


BigBoysSocks  said about 4 months ago:

What about that place called ''funky Curry'' on Bourke Street? YOU KNOW THAT SHITS GOTA BE GOOD

Had take away a little while ago. Only thing funky was the price.


zeroman  said about 4 months ago:


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